REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL OKANAGAN
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
AGENDA

Thursday, January 22, 2026

9:30 A.m. - 12:00 P.m.

Woodhaven Board Room

1450 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

Chairperson Wooldridge to call the meeting to order.

As an open meeting, a live audio-video feed is being broadcast and recorded on rdco.com.

2.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The RDCO acknowledges our presence on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx / Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial. We recognize, honour, and respect the syilx / Okanagan lands upon which we live, work, and play.

3.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To adopt the January 22, 2026 Regional Board Meeting agenda.

4.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To adopt the December 18, 2025 Regional Board Meeting minutes.

5.

DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

5.1

Soil Removal and Deposit - Service Establishment and Regulatory Bylaws

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider establishing a soil removal and deposit service within the Electoral Areas and to consider regulating that service.

6.

PROTECTIVE SERVICES

6.1

2026 UBCM Community Emergency Preparedness Fund Grant Applications

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To seek Regional Board approval for staff to apply for two grants to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) for Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Equipment & Training and Public Notification & Evacuation Route Planning.

7.

CORPORATE SERVICES

7.1

Board Directors 2026 Conference Expense Approval

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider approval of RDCO Board Directors’ attendance at 2026 conferences, forums and conventions presented by FCM, LGLA, MFA, SILGA, and UBCM.

7.2

Director Appointment to the Okanagan Regional Library

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider the appointment of an Electoral Area Director to the Okanagan Regional Library Board.

8.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

8.1

Draft 2026-2030 Five Year Financial Plan

All Directors – Weighted Corporate Vote – Majority (LGA s.210)

To review the Regional District of Central Okanagan’s draft 2026-2030 Financial Plan.

9.

COMMITTEE AND NEW BUSINESS

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To receive for information.

9.1

Okanagan Sterile Insect Release Program November 28, 2025 Board Report

9.2

ETSI-BC Regional Advisory Committee Fall Report, November 28, 2025

10.

NEW BUSINESS

10.1

Director Carson - Notice of Motion

11.

DIRECTOR ITEMS

Director items are to be used to announce events, acknowledge or thank a person, or organization; and to recognize outstanding achievements within the region. 

12.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING

That the January 22, 2026 Regular Board Meeting be closed to the public pursuant to sections 90(i) and (k) of the Community Charter to discuss items related to:

• the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;
• negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a regional district service that at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public.

13.

ADJOURN